She Looks Way Older Than She Is, But She’ll Change The Way You Experience Beauty

In a society that often equates youthful looks with beauty, it would be very easy for Sara Geurts to feel like she was dealt a crappy hand.

While the Los Angeles resident isn’t what anyone would consider old, as she’s only 26, her skin tells a different story. That’s because at 10 years old, she was diagnosed with Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a rare connective tissue disorder that prevents the body from producing enough collagen, the protein that makes our skin strong and gives it elasticity.